Introduction

NOTE: The data and findings below are drafts subject to change and some pieces are still in the QA process.

RACE COUNTS provides a 3D view of racial equity:
OUTCOME: How well people are doing. The higher the circle, the better the outcome.
DISPARITY: How racial groups compare to one another. The further right the circle, the greater the differences by race.
IMPACT: The total population. The bigger the circle, the larger the population.


Purple counties: Gains at Risk;
Orange counties: Prosperity for the Few;
Yellow counties: Struggling to Prosper;
Red counties: Stuck and Unequal.

Race/Ethnicity Notes


1) “Other” race includes those who identify with a race outside of the specifically named categories, such as Asian, White, etc.
2) Race labels for bar charts: The “nh_” prefix signifies that a group is non-Latinx (excludes Latinx).
3) The “twoormor” group represents those who identify as Two or More Races.

Indicators

Education Index - UPDATED

  • San Francisco has the worst racial disparities, driven by large inequities in chronic absenteeism and graduation rates.
  • Most Northern/Sierra counties have lower than average outcomes and lower levels of disparity.
  • Five out of six Southern California counties have higher than average disparities, the exception is San Diego. Imperial is ranked 5th most disparate, and San Bernardino is ranked 6th.

Chronic Absenteeism - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • San Francisco County is by far the most racially disparate on chronic absenteeism. Non-Latinx NHPI, Non-Latinx Black, and non-Latinx AIAN students have the highest absenteeism rates, with rates between 58-60%.
  • Inyo County has the highest rates of absenteeism, with more than half of students (50.9%) being chronically absent. Non-Latinx Black students are the most likely to be chronically absent (78.3%), a rate 3x higher than that of non-Latinx White students (24.5%).
  • Los Angeles County is the third most disparate on this measure because about one in three Black, NHPI, and AIAN students (all non-Latinx) are chronically absent compared to only one in 15 non-Latinx Asian students.

State Barchart

  • Statewide, AIAN, Black, and NHPI (all non-Latinx) students have the highest rates ranging from 33% to 32.3% respectively.
  • AIAN, Black, NHPI (all non-Latinx) students are 3.8x more likely to be chronically absent than the group with the lowest (best) rate.

County Barchart

High School Graduation - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • There seems to be a relationship between less racial disparity and better outcomes on high school graduation.
  • Nevada, San Francisco, Mono, and Inyo counties have the worst (lowest) graduation rates and the worst racial disparities on this measure.
  • In Nevada County, only one in four Latinx and one in three non-Latinx Black students graduate.

State Barchart

  • Statewide, about one in five non-Latinx Black and non-Latinx AIAN students does not graduate from high school.
  • Filipinx, Asian, White, and Multiracial (all non-Latinx) students are more likely to graduate than the average California student.

County Barchart

Third Grade English Proficiency - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • Mono County is the most disparate in this measure, with a 39 percentage point difference between the groups with the highest and lowest rates.
  • Del Norte County has the worst outcome on this measure with only one in five third graders being proficient in ELA, it is also the fourth most disparate county.
  • There seems to be some relationship between less disparity and better outcomes.

State Barchart

  • Statewide, two groups emerge. In the first group, about one in three non-Latinx Black, non-Latinx AIAN, Latinx, and non-Latinx NHPI students scored proficient. While in the second group, more than 50% of Asian, Filipinx, Two or More Races, and White (all non-Latinx) third graders scored proficient in English Language Arts.
  • Overall, the results are poor. Fewer than half (42.8%) of California students were proficient.

County Barchart

Third Grade Math Proficiency - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • Del Norte County has the worst outcome on this measure with only one in five students scoring Proficient or Better in Math.
  • Larger population counties have above average levels of racial disparities among racial and ethnic groups for this indicator.
  • Five of the top 10 counties with the best outcomes are in the Bay Area, some have better than average disparity while others have worse.

State Barchart

  • Statewide, two groups emerge. In the first group, about one in three Black, AIAN, NHPI (all non-Latinx), and Latinx students scored proficient. While in the second group, more than 50% of Asian, Filipinx, White, and Multiracial (all non-Latinx) third graders scored proficient in math.

County Barchart

Suspensions - UPDATED

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  • Santa Cruz is by far the most disparate county because of high suspension rates for Black and NHPI students (both non-Latinx).
  • Los Angeles County has the second best outcome (meaning second lowest overall suspension rate) in the state at 1.9%. However, the Black and AIAN (both non-Latinx) rates are much higher at 5.6% and 3.8% respectively.
  • Three counties (Lake, Modoc, and Del Norte) in the Northern/Sierra region have the lowest outcomes (highest rates), with suspension rates between 8-9%.

State Barchart

  • Black, AIAN, NHPI (all non-Latinx), and Latinx students are more likely to be suspended than the average student in California.
  • School administrators are 7.8x more likely to suspend non-Latinx Black students than the group with the lowest suspension rate.

County Barchart

ECE Access - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • Los Angeles County is the 10th most disparate county for ECE Access, due to low access for Latinx and AIAN children.
  • 22.2% of San Bernardino County children ages 0-5 have access to a licensed ECE program, which is a 62.4 percentage point difference from Modoc County (84.6%), the county with the most access (best outcome).

State Barchart

  • ECE access rates are low across the state and for all groups, even the best rate means less than one in two children has access. Still Latinx, non-Latinx AIAN and non-Latinx Black children all have less ECE access than the state average.

County Barchart

Diversity of Teachers - NOT UPDATED

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  • Larger population counties overall are in the Yellow (Lower disparity, Lower outcome) Quadrant, with Low Angeles County having the lowest disparity.

  • All but two (Mariposa and Tuolumne) Central Valley counties are in the Yellow (Lower disparity, Lower outcome) and Red (Higher disparity, Lower outcome) Quadrants.

State Barchart

  • White students have by far the highest representation, with more than 13 White teachers and staff per 100 White students. Compare this to NH-AIANs, the group with the next highest rate, at five per 100 students.

County Barchart